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Three new reports are providing some positive news about San Diego career opportunities (Click here).

Although the San Diego area has not seen a lot of employment growth or loss in recent months, remaining mostly stagnant throughout August and September, three new reports suggest the city is doing pretty well compared to others in the nation.

Reports from Juju.com, Monster.com, and Chapman University all indicate that while San Diego's employment picture is still bleak, the city is continuing to hold its own and will most likely see an improvement through the end of the year.

The three reports include:

• Juju.com found that there are about 4.8 job seekers for every one job opening in San Diego County. Although the county is ranked 40th in the nation, its ratio is better than the national average of 5.1 job seekers per job opening and better than the county's average of 7.7 job seekers for each job opening last year.
• The Monster.com Employment Index found that the number of job openings in San Diego posted online increased by 13 percent during October when compared to last year.
• Chapman University's employment forecast for Southern California increased into positive territory during October, marking the first increase since early 2008, and suggesting that employment should grow during Q4 2010.

During September, the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area's unemployment rate remained at 10.6 percent for the second month in a row, keeping it a full percentage point above the national average at the time of 9.6 percent.

The San Diego area had a total non-farm employment of 1,208,500 workers during September, which is down from 1,208,600 workers during August and a .4 percent decrease from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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